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Council finds that the Plan revisions do not outweigh the negative impacts of the proposed <br />expansion, oz change the Findings of Fact set forth in this Resolution. <br />34. It is the CitsT Council's conclusion, from all of the e~ridence submitted and the <br />testiizlony taken, that: <br />(1) An expansion of the Landfill will prolong the negative short term unpacts of the <br />Landfill on the Citj7 and will inevitably have a long term negative impact on the tax base <br />generated ftoin this area of the CitST; <br />{2) This area of the City is planned to generate the tax base that will support the <br />fuiancial viabiIitS~ of the balance of the City indefinitely; <br />(3) Given the unportance of this area to the future of the CitST, the potential benefits <br />of a Landfill expansion are outweighed by the negative economic, environmental and land <br />use impacts of an expansion; and <br />(4) An amendment of the Land Use Map Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan <br />to expand the area of the City designated for Landfill into the SDA is inconsistent with the <br />policies and goals of the City's Comprehensive Plan and would not be in the best interest of <br />the CitsT, its residents and its taxpayers. <br />DECISION ON LAND USE AMENDMENT <br />THER)/I'ORE, the CitjT Council of the City of Elk River .makes the following Decision with <br />respect to the Application to amend the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Ells River to redesignate <br />the SDA from Mining to Landfill: <br />A. All of the reports and materials prepared by CitST Staff and CitST Consultants, as tivell as the <br />Findings of Fact and Recitals set forth in this Resolution, are hereby adopted and <br />incorporated within the CitST Council's Decision on this matter. <br />S:\Resolutions\ResolulicZn_Denpin~Application_foT_Comp_Plan_~Lnend_and_Rezoning 2.DOC <br />